Lorax Vs Easter Island Essay

The tragedy of the commons is an economic problem in which every individual tries to reap the greatest benefit from a given resource. As the demand for the resource overwhelms the supply, every individual who consumes an additional unit directly harms others who can no longer enjoy the benefits. Today I am going to be comparing Dr. Seuss's the Lorax and Easter island. There are three things I will be comparing they environmental damage, animal species extinct and human destruction.The first topic I will be talking about is environmental damage. I think the biggest environmental damage at both places is deforestation. In the Lorax the once-ler doesn’t think about what would happen when all the trees are gone but the difference between the Lorax and Easter island is in the Lorax …show more content…
On Easter island the humans were there own problem they are the reason there were no more trees and all the animals left they were selfish and all they cared about was making the biggest statue. In the Lorax the once-ler was only thinking about money so he cute down all the trees and that also cause all the animals to leave he polluted the air will his factories which ruined the water. There is only one blame for this and its humans. Tragedy of the commons is all about how an individual does something that is destructive to something else. Well has it suggests in Hardin's essay there really is no fix to this.For example if we don’t cut down trees we won't have paper, boats, etc but if we cut down to many we won't have any more trees animals would have to leave which would cause over population somewhere else. Who is to say what is right and what is wrong because either way there are negative